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West Indian aid to Britain: The people of Jamaica supply a Crusader tank to Britain: Lieutenant Colonel Yeo (left, from the War Office) and Major General J S Crawford (Deputy Director General of Fighting Vehicle Production) at the hand-over of the tank...

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The Churchill Coalition Government 11 May 1940 - 23 May 1945: Ernest Bevin MP, the Minister of Labour and National Service from May 1940, taking his place in the queue for lunch with women war production workers at a Government factory. Bevin had been...

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Production Drives and Posters: An exhibition at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Radway Green, near Alsager, Cheshire aiming to increase production. The gun turret from a bomber is on display, bearing the notice 'It needs the ammunition we make'.

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Factory Entertainments and Visits: Gracie Fields helping two women workers stamp a shell case at an ordnance factory. She was visiting in order to give a Ministry of Labour 'Munitions Concert' which was organised by ENSA [Entertainments National Service...

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Wartime Entertainers: The singer Vera Lynn, who became so popular with British servicemen that she was known as the 'Forces Sweetheart' sings to workers during their lunch break at a factory in the south of England.